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There are lots of free recall papers available. However should you use them?
According to the AMC, the AMC has found the question stems and responses to be incorrect. Candidates who base their preparation on such reconstructed papers may have a distorted impression of the format...
According to the AMC, the marks are assigned according to the following weightings:
- Adult health - Medicine [30% of scored items]
- Adult health - Surgery [20% of scored items]
- Women’s health [12.5% of scored items]
- Child health [12.5% of scored items]
- Mental health [12.5% of...
According to the AMC, the MCQ examination is a test of the principles and practice of medicine in the fields of Adult Health - Medicine, Adult Health - Surgery, Womens Health - Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Child Health, Mental Health and Population Health & Ethics.
The...
According to the AMC, the standard of the AMC examinations is formally defined as the level of attainment of medical knowledge, clinical skills and attitudes which is required of newly qualified graduates of Australian medical schools, who are about to commence intern training.
The...
According to the AMC, the AMC examinations consists of two parts:
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a multiple choice question (MCQ) examination to test medical knowledge in a one three and a half hour session containing 150 questions. The AMC MCQ examination is a computer-administered examination.
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a clinical examination,...
Did you know that what can come up in the AMC MCQ is very long? Take a look at this list, from the AMC:
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INTEGUMENT / DERMATOLOGY May include: common disorders of skin, dermatology, subcutaneous tissues; burns, wounds and wound healing, plastic and reconstructive surgery.
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HEAD AND NECK /...
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When examiners are designing a question, references matter. A lot. For many reasons some obvious, but some which you might not have thought of:
- To ensure that the questions set are testing pure evidence-based medicine.
- To ensure that the latest guidelines are reflected in each exam.
- As an...
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There are lots of AMC MCQ examination preparation providers. Knowing which one to choose is key.
At PassAMC, we understand that simply knowing medicine is often not enough to pass high stakes medical exams. We also understand that candidates often need to guess what's in the...
Let’s think to when we showed you how exams are set and written. We mentioned that modern curricula have plenty of non-clinical aspects within them, as part of the broader professional remits of being an Australian doctor.
Let’s take another look at the RACGP...
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